Osman Duraliev

Osman Duraliev

Duraliev in 1971
Personal information
Born	15 January 1939 Vladimirovtsi, Razgrad, Bulgaria
Died	25 April 2011 (aged 72) Istanbul, Turkey
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling
Club	Ludogorez Razgrad
Medal record Representing  Bulgaria 1968 Mexico City +97 kg 1972 Mexico City +100 kg World Championships 1967 Delhi +97 kg 1969 Mar del Plata +100 kg 1970 Edmonton +100 kg 1971 Sofia +100 kg European Championships 1967 Istanbul +97 kg 1968 Sofia +97 kg 1969 Skopje +100 kg 1972 Katowice +100 kg

Osman Duraliev (Bulgarian: Осман Дуралиев, 15 January 1939 – 25 April 2011) was a Bulgarian freestyle wrestler. Between 1967 and 1972 he won ten silver medals at major international competitions, including the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. In eight of them he lost the final to Aleksandr Medved. He came close to winning at the 1971 World Championships in Sofia, where he led the match 4:3 with 43 seconds left. Yet Medved equalized the score and won the title because of his lower body weight.

In 1989 Duraliev immigrated to Turkey, where he died aged 72.